This fourth edition of Gershwin & Albertson's classic Bronchial Asthma: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment has been broadly updated and expanded to include, from a variety of disciplines, the latest diagnostic techniques and developments in the clinical assessment and treatment of asthma. In addition to its comprehensive coverage and readable presentation, this greatly expanded edition describes the best practical approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of asthma in both adults and children; reviews the effects of pregnancy, exercise, and drug abuse on asthma; details asthma pathophysiology; and discusses the medical, legal, and social aspects of treating the asthma patient. Cutting-edge and highly practical, this fourth edition of Bronchial Asthma: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment is an indispensable tool for all primary care providers, allergists, and pulmonologists treating patients with asthma today.
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"...This book will clearly establish its value for those who treat reversible airway disease. Lucidly written, with a cogent chapter format flowing from pathogenic principles to more detailed clinical appreciation...an invaluable compendium for the clinician who is called on to care for the patient with asthma."
-New England Journal of Medicine
"This book would be of value to any clinician dealing with asthmatic patients. Pulmonary physicians and allergists will also find this text to be an excellent review and an aid for focusing on clinical problems."
-Journal of the American Medical Association
"Overall, this book provides a concise and thorough review of asthma management, directed at primary care providers....There are excellent discussion on risk factors for developing asthma and on managing asthma in children, adults, and pregnancy....There are also excellent sections of infections and environment, exercise-induced asthma, occupational asthma, alternative therapies, and self-management programs....The thorough text and many useful tables and illustrations make this book an excellent resources for primary caregivers and anyone with an interest in asthma." - CANANDIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
"...offers chapters written by some of the most respected authors in the field...a valuable reference book for primary care physicians as well as specialists who care for patients with asthma."
-Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
"...this book provides a concise and thorough review of asthma management...The thorough text and many useful tables and illustrations make this book an excellent resource for primary caregivers and anyone with an interest in asthma." - Canadian Family Physician
"...cutting-edge and highly practical..." -Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology
-New England Journal of Medicine
"This book would be of value to any clinician dealing with asthmatic patients. Pulmonary physicians and allergists will also find this text to be an excellent review and an aid for focusing on clinical problems."
-Journal of the American Medical Association
"Overall, this book provides a concise and thorough review of asthma management, directed at primary care providers....There are excellent discussion on risk factors for developing asthma and on managing asthma in children, adults, and pregnancy....There are also excellent sections of infections and environment, exercise-induced asthma, occupational asthma, alternative therapies, and self-management programs....The thorough text and many useful tables and illustrations make this book an excellent resources for primary caregivers and anyone with an interest in asthma." - CANANDIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
"...offers chapters written by some of the most respected authors in the field...a valuable reference book for primary care physicians as well as specialists who care for patients with asthma."
-Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
"...this book provides a concise and thorough review of asthma management...The thorough text and many useful tables and illustrations make this book an excellent resource for primary caregivers and anyone with an interest in asthma." - Canadian Family Physician
"...cutting-edge and highly practical..." -Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology
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The incidence of asthma has increased over the past twenty years, especially in children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
leukotriene pathway modifiers, asthma treatment plan, bronchoprovocation challenge testing, specific challenge testing, antileukotriene drugs, western red cedar asthma, bronchodilator solutions, asthma action plan, racemic albuterol, nebulization treatment, asthma camps, lung volume measurements, airway smooth muscle cells, central airway obstruction, antiasthma therapy, occupational asthma, severe persistent asthma, chronic asthmatic bronchitis, recurrent wheezing, nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness, adults with asthma, asthma management program, human lung mast cells, volatile substance abuse, baseline spirometry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The incidence of asthma has increased over the past twenty years, especially in children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
leukotriene pathway modifiers, asthma treatment plan, bronchoprovocation challenge testing, specific challenge testing, antileukotriene drugs, western red cedar asthma, bronchodilator solutions, asthma action plan, racemic albuterol, nebulization treatment, asthma camps, lung volume measurements, airway smooth muscle cells, central airway obstruction, antiasthma therapy, occupational asthma, severe persistent asthma, chronic asthmatic bronchitis, recurrent wheezing, nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness, adults with asthma, asthma management program, human lung mast cells, volatile substance abuse, baseline spirometry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Allergy Clin Immunol, Respir Dis, Respir Crit Care Med, United States, Clin Exp Allergy, Humana Press, Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol, New York, Eur Respir, Obstet Gynecol, Arch Intern Med, Clin Allergy, Clin Invest, National Heart, Working Group, Ann Intern Med, Expert Panel Report, Ann Emerg Med, Appl Physiol, Exp Med, Int Arch Allergy Immunol, National Institutes of Health, San Diego, United Kingdom, American Academy of Allergy New!
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- Allergy: Principles & Practice, 2-Volume Set by Elliott Middleton Jr. on 5 pages
- Food Allergy: Adverse Reactions to Food and Food Additives by D. D. Metcalfe on page 338, and page 340
- Genus Aspergillus by Kenneth Raper on page 362
- Drug Abuse (Life Issues) by Lynn Phillips on page 421
- San Diego by Lee Peterson on page 21
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- Asthma : Breathe Again Naturally and Reclaim Your Life by Mimi Weisbord in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment (Current Clinical Practice) (Current Clinical Practice Series) by Phil Lieberman on page 86, and page 436
- Pharmacological Research on Traditional Herbal Medicines by Wantanabe on page 12, and page 15
- Expert Guide to Allergy and Immunology by Raymond G. Slavin on page 226
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